Dr. Lisa-Marian Schmidt

Research Associate
Coordinator of the research area Work, Organization, Gender

Focus of work:

Sociology of Gender, Work and Organization
Sociology of technology
Visual Sociology
Sociology of the Body
Qualitative Methodologies and Methods
Craft Cultures

CV

2023 - ongoing: Coordinator of the Research Area 02 “Work, Organization, Gender”, Social Research Unit of the Department of Social Sciences, Technical University of Dortmund
2022- ongoing: Research assistant in the research area Work, Organization and Gender, Social Research Unit of the Department of Social Sciences, Dortmund University of Technology
2021- 2022: Research assistant in the project "Who Cares. An Investigation of the Compatibility of Research and Care Work in the Time of COVID-19 and Beyond", Center for Gender Studies, Georg-August-University Göttingen
2017-2020: Freelance work
2015-2019: Doctoral thesis at the University of Augsburg: "Shaping Futures. School subjectivations in the regime of competence-based practical learning", supervisors: Prof. Reiner Keller, Prof. Dariuš Zifonun
2015-2017: Research assistant, Department of Sociology with a focus on health research, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Augsburg
2014-2015: Freelance work, including teaching assignments at the Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences
2012-2014: Research assistant, research project "Successfully shaping transitions - transition management in the transitional space between school, training and studies", Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin
2011: Research assistant, Department of Science and Technology Cultures, HafenCity University Hamburg
2010-2011: Research assistant, research project "Potential analysis of migrants to solve the succession gap in SMEs", Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin
2010: Research assistant, scholarship for six months to submit a DFG project proposal, entitled "Image communication in the sciences using the case study of computational Neuroscience.", positive approval of the project proposal by the DFG 2013, Department of General Sociology, Institute of Sociology, Technische Universität Berlin
2004-2008: Student Assistant: Student Advisory Service, Internship Office, Alumni Program, Institute of Sociology, Technische Universität Berlin
2001-2009: (Part-time) studies of sociology in technical sciences, Institute of Sociology, Technical University of Berlin
- Technical subject: Ergonomics
- Sociological specialization: Organizational sociology
- Elective subject: Political Science
- Diploma with honors, diploma thesis "Images in science. Practices of visualization using the case study of neuroinformatics."
- Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Hubert Knoblauch, Prof. Dr. Werner Rammert
1999-2001: (Part-time) studies of South Asian and Southeast Asian Studies, Humboldt University of Berlin, Languages: Hindi, Bahasa Indonesia

Publications

Projects

2025 - 2028 (BMFTR)
PETRA-AI: “AI-gestützte, edukative Therapiebegleitung für die Perimenopause”, Dortmund
2024 (BMBF)
IncluScience: „Disability Mainstreaming in Wissenschaft und Praxis“, Dortmund
2023 (BMBF / ESF)
RespectWork: „Developing mutual respect in customer interactions to improve work and service quality“, Dortmund
2022 (BMBF / ESF)
eLLa4.0: „Sociodigital Transformation towards Excellent Leadership and Labour“, Dortmund
2021 – 2022 (VW-Stiftung)
„Who Cares. An Investigation of the Compatibility of Research and Care Work in the Time of COVID-19 and Beyond“, Göttingen
2012 – 2014 (IFAF Berlin)
„Übergänge erfolgreich gestalten – Übergangsmanagement im Übergangsraum zwischen Schule, Ausbildung und Studium“, Berlin
2011 (HORIZONT - EU)
PLACES „Platform of Local Authorities and Communicators Engaged in Science“, Hamburg
2010 – 2011 (IFAF Berlin)
„Potenzialanalyse von MigrantInnen zur Lösung der Nachfolgelücke im Mittelstand“, Berlin
2010 (BMBF)
„Managerinnen 50plus – Karrierekorrekturen beruflich erfolgreicher Frauen in der Lebensmitte“, Berlin

Memberships

German Sociological Association
Sections of the DGS: Women's and Gender Studies, Sociology of Work and Industry, Sociology of Knowledge, Sociology of the body
International Sociological Association (ISA), ISA RC57 Visual Sociology
EASST
Society for Science and Technology Studies e.V.
Member of the equal opportunities team of Department 17
AG Care, Work, Gender (deputy coordinator)
Dortmunder Forum Frauen & Wirtschaft e.V. (dffw e.V.)

Teaching

SoSe 2026: Gender, Interaction, Organization
WiSe 2026/2027: Gender and Transformation
Past courses: Fundamentals of Sociology, Special Sociologies, Classics of Sociology, Project Seminars, Qualitative Methods Workshop, Introduction to Qualitative Methods, Ethnography, Visual Analyses: Video and Image Analyses

Contact

Social Research Center Dortmund
(Sozialforschungsstelle, sfs)
Evinger Platz 17, room 61
Email: lisa-marian.schmidt@tu-dortmund.de
Tel.: +49 231 755 90213
Fax: +49 231 755 90205